Modules & Upstream Manufacturing

In a new monthly column for pv magazine, the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) explains why potential trade disruptions in the global PV supply chain are substantially different from those related to coal, oil and gas.

Insolation Energy is expanding its solar panel production capacity to 4 GW per year from around 1 GW at present. It is also setting up manufacturing capacities of 12,000 MT of aluminum framing and 1.4 GW of PV cells. The new capacities will be commissioned within this fiscal 2024-25.

The third edition of the Sinovoltaics financial stability report ranking lists India-based Abhishek Corp, Insolartion Energy, Waaree Renewable Technologies, and Solex Energy, all based in India, followed by U.S.-based First Solar as the top five. Six additional manufacturers entered the global ranking.

Multiple factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar panel. In the first part of this series, we look at the solar panels themselves.

Bluebird Solar is expanding its PV module manufacturing capacity to 1.2 GW per year with the addition of an 800 MW fully automated line at its facility in Greater Noida. Cliantech Solutions will supply and install production equipment from leading companies.

Rays Power Infra will use the funds to develop solar and wind parks with a cumulative capacity of around 3 GW. Additionally, it will invest in both backward and forward integration of its business.

The new venture is expected to bring 2 GW of solar module manufacturing capacity to the US market within 18 to 24 months.

Trina Solar says it has started evaluating potential violations of some of its patents for tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) tech. One of the patents focuses on the number of busbars and their width in TOPCon solar panels.

Employment creation and skill development have been at the core of this budget. While there is a lot of emphasis on skill development, there needs to be an emphasis on how money is allocated for skilling and reselling of people for the clean energy sector. 

National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) expects budget to accelerate renewable energy uptake across MSMEs and hard-to-abate industrial sectors.